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E. SAMUEL.

RAIL CHAIR.

Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

(No Model.)

Wil /mosses o' M I g Q mvwht UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD SAMUEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO VVIL- LIAMIVHARTON, JR, AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF SAME PLACE.

RAIL-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,452, dated.September 3, 1889.

Application filed June 10, 1889. Serial No. 313,716. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD SAMUEL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Rail-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a railroad-rail chair froma rolled beam or shape that said chair will be of light weight and ofgreat strength, so as to withstand the pressure applied to it in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improvedrail-chair. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view ofthe beam from which the chair is made, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are viewsof different forms of beam from which the chair can be made.

A is the chair, made from a section of a beam or shape of the form shownin Fig. 3, the web a of which has been partially out out at theportions 1) and c, Fig. 1.

The dotted lines in Fig. 1 show the portions of the upper plate having apart of the vertical web attached to each portion, as they appear afterthis partial cutting away of the web a has been done. These portions,when bent upward into the proper positions, form the rail-retaining lugsor lips e and f, the lip 0 f fitting snugly over one side of thebase-flange of the rail B, while the other lug or lip e extends acertain distance above the other side of the base-flange of the rail.Between said lug e and the rail is inserted a metallic or other wedged,which, when driven into place, bears against the web of the rail, uponthe base-flange of the rail, and against the retaining-lug e.

By removing only certain portions of the web a of the beam, as shown atb and c, Fig. 1, I am enabled to provide the lugs c and f with ribs 6and f, thus adding greatly to their strength, and when the wedge d isdriven home a solid and very secure fastening for the rail is obtained.I11 the lower flange of the chair thus formed I punch holes, throughwhich pass the spikes to secure the chair to the cross-tie or to thestringer, as the case may be.

The chair may be made from beams of other shapes, as shown in Figs. 4,5, and 6, and as set forth in a separate application filed by me of evendate herewith. In all cases, however, the web of the beam is severed, soas to enable the retaining lug or lugs of the chair to be turned up; andalthough I prefer to sever the web at a certain distance below the topflange of the beam, yet in some instances, where a very light chair isrequired, I may cut the web directly up to the under side of the upperflange of the beam and then bend the lugs into their positions.

I claim as my invention- 1. A rail-chair made from a beam or shape,having a web and a top plate or flange, and having the web partlysevered and that portion of the top plate or flange thus freed bent soas to form a rail-retaining lip, substantially as specified.

2. A rail-chair made from a beam or shape, having a web and top plate orflange, and having the web partly severed and that portion of the topflange thus freed bent over in the direction of the length of the beam,so as to form a rail-retaining lip, substantially as set forth.

3. A rail-chair made from a beam or shape, having a web and base and topplate or flange, and having the web partly severed and that portion ofthe top plate thus freed bent so as to form a rail-retaining lip,substantially as specified.

4. A rail-chair made from a beam or shape, having a web and top plate orflange, and having the web severed at a point some distance below thetop flange and the portion of the top flange with adhering web thusfreed bent to form a rail-retaining lip with outer strengthening-rib,substantially as specified.

5. A rail-chair made from a beam or shape, the outer portions of the topplate and portions of the web being bent upward to form ribbedretaining-lugs for the rail, substantially as described.

6. A rail-chair made from a beam or shape, having aweb and top plate orflange, and having the web partly severed and that portion of the topflange thus freed bent to form a rail-retaining lip, the web extendingdiagonally outward from said lug toward the base, substantially as setforth.

7. The combination of a rail-chair made from a beam or shape and havinglips or lugs e and f, the lug 6 extending a certain distancg above thefoot of the rail, with a wedge bearing against the web and flange of therail EDWD' SAMUEL \Vitnesses:

LOUIS KOPPENHOEFER,

HARRY SMITH.

to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

5 and against the inner face of the retaininglug e, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name

